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MiniBar – Thanks For Coming

Tagged with p2p, RoR, web 3.0, or other interwebby memes the first MiniBar took place in the East End'sTruman Brewery. And despite it pouring down 120+ came, drank, discussed, listened and enjoyed themselves. See our FlickrPhoto Set (thanks Jo!).

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• November 22, 2006
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Business do Brasiliero – and no copyright!

Since its party day for OpenBusiness and we are having our first MiniBar this seems an appropriate story: Henrik form the Free Beer crew Continue reading »

• November 17, 2006
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Interview with Stray Cinema

OpenBusiness talks to Michelle Hughes, project lead for Stray Cinema, an open source film initiative that screens in London, 2008. Stray Cinema is an exploration of the possibilities of the information-sharing age. It aims to become a continuing community that Continue reading »

• November 16, 2006
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Business Model Template Hacking

Hi all. I write from Spain, where we are trying to start the Openbusiness mantra jointly with Juan Freire, Julen Iturbe, Francisco Vargas and Ramon Sangüesa. I like to thank the instigators the posibility to write here and say sorry in advance about my poor english. I hope it Continue reading »

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Update II: MiniBar – Registration Closed

Soon we will get back to OB business and write about good stuff, but for now we are a bit overwhelmed keeping up with MiniBar RSVP's. So far we have rougly 100 RSVP's. Thanks for so much interest. And thanks a lot to Continue reading »

• November 14, 2006
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Update: MiniBar

Now we have more than 60 who have RSVP'd. The mix is astonishingly diverse and should create interesting discussions. They range from Tate Media, Bloomberg, eBay, to Guardian, BBC journalists, Google, bloggers, to Creative Commons enthusiasts and OFCOM. So we get developers, geeks, Continue reading »

• November 10, 2006
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Creative Revvering Commons

Over at Creative Commons Revvers' founder Steven Starr explains his business strategy. They summarize the business model nicely:

"Revver attaches a short ad at the end of each video in its network and splits the resulting ad revenue with creators. The Continue reading »

• November 8, 2006
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MiniBar London

You think about creating the next Last.fm, flickr, or Web 2.0 start up? You think London lacks opportunities to meet up and discuss those ideas? When? Friday 17 November 2006 17.30. Talk at 18.30 -- and from then on, freeform. Arrive early before we Continue reading »

• November 7, 2006
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Ephemeral cinema and P2P distribution: more creativity, other business models

Digital technologies and distribution over the Internet are transforming the film industry, from a massive bureaucracy to an ephemeral technology. Open source has arrived and is starting to revolutionize creative and business models. The result will be the extinction of traditional Continue reading »

• November 6, 2006
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Digital Pioneers and OpenBusiness Partnership

Amsterdam/London, 3 November 2006. The Digital Pioneers Programme and OpenBusiness.cc are announcing the start of a partnership to foster the bi-directional exchange of open business models between the Netherlands and the international level. The collaborative aim is to increase Continue reading »

• November 3, 2006
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